Soup-straining apparatus.



PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907.

LATSGH. SOUP STRAINING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED 0GT.17.1906.

INVENTOR. Charles Laisdw.

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UNrTEn STATES PATENT oEEroE.

CHARLES LATSOH, OE CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE FOUILLOUX BALLONPASSOIRE COMPANY, OF OIJEVELA'ND, OlllO.

SOUP-STRAINING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed October 17,1906- Serial No. 339,357.

To all whmn it may concern/.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES Larsen, a citizen of the United States,residing atCleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Soup-StrainingApparatus; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention consists in a soup straining apparatus having a rotatableperforatedstrainer mounted in an outer containing vessel, and fixedcrusher and brushing devices respectively mounted apart in said strainerand adapted to mash or crush the coarser particles in the soup and toclear the perforations from obstructions as the strainer is rotated andby its centrifugal action thr( s the soup out at a high speed.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation of the apparatus. F 2 isa'rmrspective view of the strainer alone and the crusher and brushfolded therein to enable their joint removal with the spindle from thestrainer. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the crusher and brush alone inworking relation oppositely as to the spindle, which is .in crosssection.

A represents the containing vessel, provided with a valve controlleddischarge pipe B at its bottom and having a removable coverO. Said coverinclines to the center all around from its outer edge and has a centralopening with a down flange 2 and a middle socket 3 supported by arms inwhich shaft D is fixed against rotation.

G is the strainer, circular in cross section and larger at its top thanat its bottom portions and narrowest somewhat at its immediate top Whereit has a flange 4 adapted to sleeve over flange 2 of the cover, whichforms a top bearing for the strainer. Angular socket 5 on the bottom ofthe strainer is engaged by an angular end of short shaft 6, whichprojects through vessel A and is supported by collar 7 resting centrallyon said bottom. A suitable stufling box packs said shaft 6, and a bevelpinion 9 outside thereon is engaged by bevel gear 10 on drive shaft H,which may be hand or power driven.

Shaft D supports two wings, J and L. These are set vertically andadapted to traverse the perforated surface of the strainer. ing J has apreferably heavy segmental leather strip 12 adapted to mash or crushlarge particles in the soup against the sur face of the strainer. Saidstrip is fixed in the edge of said wing, and wing 11 has a brush 14 setinto its edge adapted to keep the perforations or openings of thestrainer clear of obstructions. Arms 15 support crushing wing J rigidlyon shaft 1), and arms 16 support sweeping wing lJ loosely thereon abovearms 15.

Shaft D has a beveled point seated in the bottom of the strainer. Arms15 haveprojections l7 behind shaft D which serve as stops for arms 16,whereby said wings are held oppositely when at work but may be folded asin Fig. 2 for removal with shaft or spindle J) from the strainer.

Thus the strainer is rotatable while the mashing and brushing wings arefixed. This gives the strainer the important advantage of centrifugalmovement to throw oil the strained material instead of depending only ongravity discharge therefrom and which would not do the work. Whileperforated metal is shown herein as constituting the wall of thestrainer i may use any equivalent open work OOllStlLlCtlOll for thispurpose. The action of flexible leather strip 12 is of a wiping andcrushing character against the larger particles which naturallyaccmnulate about the perforations seeking to escape and where they arealso thrown by the rotary action of the strainer.

The entire apparatus is separable for removal and cleaning.

\Vhat l claim is:

l A straining apparatus comprising a containing vessel with an outlet atits bottom to carry away the strained liquid, in combination with arotatable strainer mounted in the containing vessel having a centralaxis of ro tation and means to rotate said strainer, whereby thecontcnts of the vessel are discharged by the centrifugal action of thestrainer, and cleansing means engaging the inner surface of the straineradapted to keep open the perforations thereof.

2. A straining apparatus comprising a stationary outer vessel having abottom outlet, an open work rotatable strainer in said vessel having avertical axis and means to rotate said strainer, in ctnnbina'tion with astationary shaft and devices fixed thereon adapted to crush particlesagainst the wall of the strainer and to clear the perforations of0bstructions.

3. A straining apparatus comprising a fixed containing vessel having anoutlet at its bottom, a rotatable strainer therein having a centralvertical axis, and a shaft loosely sup ported in the bottom of saidstrainer and fixed at its top, in combination with devices on said shaftoperatively engaging the inner surface of the strainer to promote thestraining operation, and power connections for rotating the strainer,one of said devices having a flexible wiping portion and the other abrush to cleanse said surface.

4. In a soup straining apparatus, a fixed containing vessel having aremovable cover and a valve controlled outlet at its bottom, a strainerhaving its lower bearing in said vessel and its upper bearing on saidcover, a fixed shaftf centrally in said strainer and stationary wingsthereon adapted respectively to crush particles and to clear thestrainer of obstructions, and means to rotate the strainer, one of saidwings comprising a brush and the other a flexible wiping blade.

5. A soup straining apparatus comprising a stationary outer vessel and acover therefor, a rotatable strainer in said vessel widest at its middleand narrowed to each end, and power connections with the bottom of sairstrainer, in combination with a fixed shaft supported in the bottom ofthe strainer and at its top in said c ver, and a flexible wiper and abrush, respectively, for said strainer having arms mounted on saidshaft.

6. The vessel and a removable cover thereon having a central opening anda flange about said opening and inclined toward said opening, incombination with a rotatable perforated strainer engaging said cover,means connected with the bottom of the strainer to rotate the same, afixed shaft in the axis of said strainer, and wiping and brushing wingsrespectively mounted on said shaft, one of said wings rigid with saidshaft and the other rotatable thereon.

7. The outer vessel adapted to hold liquid, and a removable coverthereon having a central opening and a circular downwardly extendingflange about said opening, a rotatable strainer engaged with said flangeand open at its upper end and closed at its bottom, a fixed shaft insaid strainer separably engaged at its top in said cover, and journaledin the bottom of the strainer, and devices to crush particles andcleanse the surface of the strainer having arms locked on said shaft, incombination with means to rotate the strainer comprising a short shaftfixed in the bottom thereof from without the containing vessel and meansto engage and rotate said shaft.

S. A separable soup strainer comprising an outer vessel having an outletat its bo'ttom and a removable cover open at its center to receive thesoup, an open work strainer rotatably engaging said cover about saidopening and the bottom of said vessel and power connections thereforthrough the bottom of said casing constructed to separably engage thestrainer, in combination with a central shaft in the strainer fixedagainst rotation and surface contact devices for the strainer havingarms engaged on said shaft, one of said devices adapted to crushparticles in the soup and the other to sweep particles from the surfaceof the strainer.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowltnesses.

CHARLES LATSCH.

Witnesses:

R. B. MosER, R. A. KnTonAM.

